Knautia, Scabiosa 'Red Cherries'

My Dad bought me one of these last year- it looked pretty anemic for a while but I gave it some Plant-Tone fertilizer and more regular wa...Read Moreterings and it perked up and was very attractive. It returned this spring and is ENORMOUS! the foliage part is about 18"-22" high but the tallest flowers are about 4 FEET high! They're on thin stems held airily above the attractive foliage- had I known it would grow sooo big- I would have put it deeper in the border! It must not dry out but the soil should not be waterlogged! It's in full sun and is gorgeous! Dead head to encourage lengthy bloom season.

Never out of bloom from the time it was planted in May-early Dec. Hardy enough that a 1" snow in Nov. did not slow it down. Said to re...Read Moreseed. I did deadhead it to keep it looking neat.